Hi Ben- I'm the primary selector for film and digital media across disciplines. Like Gary, I have a dedicated budget for film. I am also the subject specialist for Film & Cinema studies and serve as the primary selector of the print materials in this area.
Winifred On Sep 22, 2010, at 4:18 PM, <ghand...@library.berkeley.edu> wrote: > Hi Ben...you ARE a curious guy > > At UCB I'm the primary selector for video across disciplines. I have my > own budget, which serves all disciplines. > > Occasionally, other subject selectors will request a title (generally > something requested of them by their faculty)...often they pay and we > house it in MRC (our Environmental Design/Architecture; Anthropology; and > SSE Asia bibliographers are the most vigorous in this respect). > > gary > > >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> >> >> At your institutions, is DVD and Video selection the responsibility of >> subject specialists, or primarily the responsibility of a media >> specialist? Or is the responsibility shared? >> >> >> >> Thank you very much for your feedback. >> >> >> >> Benjamin Turner >> >> Assistant Professor, Instructional Services >> >> St. John's University Libraries >> >> turn...@stjohns.edu >> >> 718.990.5562 >> >> >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve >> as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of >> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >> producers and distributors. >> > > > Gary Handman > Director > Media Resources Center > Moffitt Library > UC Berkeley > > 510-643-8566 > ghand...@library.berkeley.edu > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC > > "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." > --Francois Truffaut > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. Winifred Fordham Metz Media Librarian House Undergraduate Library CB#3942 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill phone: 919-962-4099 fax: 919-962-2697 fred...@email.unc.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
